Heat advisory issued for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT
THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS TODAY.

* TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S COMBINED
WITH A MORE HUMID AIR MASS WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE
UPPER 90S TO NEAR 103 DEGREES FROM MIDDAY INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI WHERE HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY REACH 105 DEGREES.

WHILE CLOUDS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING LOCALIZED
RELIEF FROM THE HEAT...AREAS THAT RECEIVE SUNSHINE WILL QUICKLY
HEAT UP.

* IMPACTS...THOSE TAKING PART IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BECOME
SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS
ARE NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.